May 29–June 4: Listening Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

George Gershwin

• Read this article about the composer: https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/learn-and-listen/composers/george-gershwin
• Click the black "listen" screen near the bottom left of the page and listen to the pronunciation of their name and say it three times out loud. Also listen to the short musical excerpts in that link.
• What era did the composer write in? (Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, Contemporary)
• What are three things you learned from the composer's biography that you liked?
• Listen to Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" performed by Leonard Bernstein (composer of "West Side Story" and major conductor of the New York Philharmonic before he passed away): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH2PH0auTUU